Ezekiel 10
1 Then I looked, and, behold, over the
firmament that was above the head of the cherubs
there was a likeness of a throne over them, as a
sapphire stone. 2 And he said to the
man clothed with the long robe, Go in between the
wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill thine hands with coals of fire
from between the cherubs, and scatter them over the
city. And he went in in my sight.
3 And the cherubs stood on the right
hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then the glory of the Lord departed
from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house,
and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
5 And the sound of the cherubs' wings
was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God
speaking.
6 And it came to pass, when he gave a
charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between
the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the
wheels. 7 And he stretched forth his
hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took
thereof, and put it into the
hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took
it, and went out.
8 And I saw the cherubs
having the likeness of men's hands under their wings.
9 And I saw, and behold, four wheels
stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the
wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone.
10 And
as for their appearance,
there was one likeness to the four, as if there
should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
11 When they went, they went on their
four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head
looked, they went; and they turned not as they went.
12 And their backs, and their hands,
and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four
wheels. 13 And these wheels were
called Gelgel in my hearing. 15 And
the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar.
16 And when the cherubs went, the
wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their
wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not.
17 When they stood,
the wheels stood; and when they mounted up,
the wheels mounted up with them: because the spirit
of life was in them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord
departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs.
19 And the cherubs lifted up their
wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the
wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate
of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them
above.
20 This is the living creature which
I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they
were cherubs. 21 Each one
had four faces, and each one
had eight wings; and under their wings was the
likeness of men's hands. 22 And
as for the likeness of their faces, these are the
same faces which I saw under the glory of the God of
Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward.